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Youth in Politics

In Kosovo, youth are considered a source of political force. They represent more than half of the population and make up an important part of the electorate. However, their inclusion in decision-making and policy-planning processes remains very li...

Kosovo's Long Delayed Path to Visa-Free Travel

EU Enlargement strategy for the Western Balkans: Kosovo on the bench

The year 2018 will reveal a new agenda for the Western Balkans. The European Union plans to undertake three important activities in relation to the Western Balkans; new in the prospect and in the content. A Credible En...

Një tjetër 100 ditësh i Qeverisë Haradinaj

Another High Stake for Kosovo: Haradinaj's Government Challenging Agenda

The government of Ramush Haradinaj inherits a large and very challenging agenda. The mood and the context are not very favorable. The list of tasks present the priorities that do matter for the citizens, institutions, international partners and Ko...

The way out of Kosovo's Political crisis

Advocates of new elections base their argument on two points, one political and one constitutional. Legally, some say, the President's responsibility to "guarantee the constitutional functioning of the institutions" should be read as an umbrella p...

Should Kosovo’s Constitutional Court still have international Judges?

The LSE’s South East Europe programme blog hosts a debate on the legality of the international judges on the Republic of Kosovo’s Constitutional Court (final post here). The issue is supremely important and timely, giv...

Political crisis weakens Institutions in Kosovo

The crisis will pass; sooner or later there will be a new government. Even if the worst happens and the government is formed in a really dirty way, with vote buying, it only means a few more years of bad government. Ko...

A Constitutional moment in Kosovo

Kosovo’s voters cast their ballots on Sunday 8 June, but still have no idea who won. The Central Election Commission (CEC) has reported near-complete results, giving the parties very similar numbers of seats as in the outgoing Assembly though with...

Strange Days in Kosovo

by Marko Prelec in Pristina The final results from Kosovo’s parliamentary elections are not even in and already strange things are happening. At first glance the election changed almost nothing. After a turbulent four...